Structural decision (OQ-09 resolved): alkgit follows the alktty/ alktunnels template — a single published protocol crate on alkcall channels, no binary, no front doors. - ADR-010 supersedes ADR-001 (crate decomposition) and ADR-006 (http router factory); both marked Superseded - Single crate at repo root: Cargo.toml with gix feature (default-on backend implementations; wire layer compiles without it — gix-hash always-on with sha1 per the compile-time-rejected invariant), crates/ workspace deleted, src/lib.rs stub in place - doors.md replaces http.md/ssh.md/alkgitd.md: alkhttp git-feature sequencing (after first publish), alkssh requirement (fixed-grammar exec dispatch), native alk/git path, downstream assembly - backend.md replaces storage.md: GitRegistry/GitRefs/GitPackGen/ GitPackIngest traits (ingest validates, refs commits — single CAS home), gix feature encodes POC-2 prerequisites - transport.md reframed for the single crate; backend traits replace hook traits in the public API - OQ-09 resolved (all five sub-decisions in ADR-010), OQ-01 resolved (subsumed), OQ-03 narrowed to publish-freeze, OQ-08 narrowed to registry identity + vault placement, OQ-07 rescoped to the gix feature's registry impl - vision.md v2: single-binary/monorepo framing corrected as init-agent artifact; POC checklist marked complete - AGENTS.md + .opencode agent specs updated to the new shape Verification: cargo build (default + no-default-features), cargo test --all-features, clippy --all-features -D warnings, fmt --check all pass. Third review round: zero critical, all warnings/suggestions addressed (GitPackGen signature amended in ADR-004, stale anchors fixed, ADR-006 body tense normalized, CAS split stated, vision residuals cleaned).
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ADR-007: ACL runs before any advertisement or ref line
Status
Accepted
Context
Ref names leak repository existence (and structure). The advertisement is the first thing a client sees; if ACL runs after advertisement begins, a denied caller has already learned that a repo (or a ref within it) exists. The vision's visible-surface = authorized-surface invariant requires the check to run before the first byte of git protocol content.
POC-1 observed the natural enforcement point on the git:// path: the repo
name arrives in-band in the first request line, before any ref data — so
the resolve-then-authorize step sits structurally ahead of the first
emitted line. POC-3 noted the http extra-routes are registered permissive
by default (the gateway bearer layer does not cover them) — making the
http-side check an explicit door responsibility (alkhttp git feature), not an inherited
one.
Decision
Every session/request performs, in order, before any protocol output:
- Extract the wire repo name (git:// first-request line; ssh exec command string; http path segment).
- Resolve it against the registry to (repo id, storage root) — reject unknown repos with the same error as unauthorized ones (no existence oracle) (ADR-008).
- Run alkcall
AccessControl::check(peer_identity)against the repo's required access. Read access covers the whole fetch surface: advertisement, ref listing, and pack transfer alike — anonymous access on explicitly-public repos grants the same full read path (vision §"Primary deployment target" makes anonymous clone first-class; the "advertisement is the only anonymous surface" line in the same doc's principle 1 is read as the minimum boundary, and this decision sets the operative rule). - Only then hand the session to transport.
Adapters embed this sequence; transport asserts it (the session entry points take an authorized-repo marker — a type the adapter constructs only after step 3 passes — so skipping the check is a type error, not a runtime log) but does not re-check — authorization evaluation lives in one place, alkcall, and invocation/wiring lives in one place, the adapter.
Push is always authenticated on every repo, no exceptions (vision § "Primary deployment target").
Consequences
- No ref/capability line is ever emitted for a repo a caller cannot see; the gitea-class "enforcement elsewhere" bug is structurally excluded.
- Unknown-repo and unauthorized errors are indistinguishable to callers.
- The check is cheap (registry lookup + ACL check) and runs before any expensive protocol work.
- http adapters must wire ACL explicitly for their routes (POC-3 showed alkhttp extra routes default permissive) — doors.md encodes this.
References
docs/research/vision.md§"Guiding principles" 1–2, §"Immediate threat-model notes"docs/research/poc-1-findings.mdfollow-up 4;docs/research/poc3-findings.md§"does NOT settle" (auth)- alkcall ADR-017 (privilege model)
- ADR-008 (repo identity), doors.md (door auth mechanics)